My alarm went off at 5am followed by another 'marimba' iPhone alarm call at 5.15 from the nearby tent of Chris and Caroline. We were all up dressed, breakfasted and ready to leave well ahead of schedule - 7.10 instead of 7.30 which meant we could eek out a few more minutes game viewing enroute to Skukuza - the Kruger headquarters and our campsite for tonight. We entered via Orpen gate where we stopped for a lovely coffee and loo break - striking while the iron w...

The alarm went off at 5.15am as we had a date with tea and rusks at 6am before heading off for a bush walk. The walk was a nice introduction for the group into the little things in the bush - we did to get to see nyala- a very chilled male who was very close to us feeding,(today's photo) and two females on the other side of the river, baboons in the trees and zebras running - we are not sure if an alarm call from the baboons and a bushbuck which caused the zebra...

As I woke early and no one else was about I had a quick shower before breakfast. With everyone ready we left at 8 ish and headed back to Tzaneen for another snack buying opportunity and for the coffee addicts, a latte at the coffee shop - we clearly made an impact as the waitress remembered us! A short while later we were at Karongwe - we had a welcome drink, paid for our optional game drives - which everyone was doing - and had a quick orientation of the main ...

I slept very well and was very snug in my sleeping bag with thermal and silk liners. John slept well but was identified as the snorer who had kept others awake for a while!! That said he was not the only one as when I went to the loo different noises were ringing out from several different places. The air was very nippy and I could see frost on the ground - this made making my peanut butter, banana and jam sandwiches more of a trial than normal. As it was cool w...

Today after a cold start, which required long johns under trousers, it quickly warmed up, so before we left I quickly removed them. Sightseeing en route to our mountain hut -where we were spending the night prior to tomorrow's. walk - was the order of the day. First stop 'gods window',on the edge of the escarpment and a walk through the indigenous rainforest; second stop Bourke's Luck potholes, looking at the wildlife displays in the eco centre then looking at ...